Apparatus for drawing hairs and the like out of bundles.



PATENTE D SEPT. 11, 1906.

I A. DINKLAGE. APPARATUS FOR DRAWING HAIRS AND THE LIKE OUT OF BUNDLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.3, 1904.

Inventor 5 l/L/ imesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF DINKLAGE, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING HAIRS AND THE LIKE OUT OF B UNDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed March 3, 1904. Serial No. 196,437.

To coZZ whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, ADoLr DINKLAGE, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Chemnitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony and Empire of Germany,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forDrawing Hairs, Wire, and the Like out of Bundles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for (Eawing hairs, wire,'and thelike out of bunc es.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for effectingthis operation partly or entirely in an automatic way; and the devicefor this purpose is more particularly intended for use as weft device inhairweaving looms.

In the annexed drawings my invention is illustrated.

Figures 1 and 2 represent the primary type of my apparatus inperspective. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show a form of construction of same inelevation, side, and top view, respectively.

If a bundle of hair a, Fig. 1, is pressed between the sides of asufficiently acute angular recess to, which I term a selector, providedwith a V-shaped notch, the single hair which reaches the convergence ofsaid selector will be held fast, whereas none of the other hairs will begripped. If the selector to is then moved away from the bundle a, Fig.2, the latter being retained, for instance, by means of a suitableclamping device a, the haird at the apex of the selector will be pulledout of the bundle a.

To facilitate the insertion of the bundle and to render the gripping ofthe undermost hair more sure than is the case with a rigid selector, thelegs of the selector to in the form of construction shown in Figs. 3, 4,5 are movable. The said. legs in this case consist of small platesorshanks 6, arran ed crosswise in the manner of the blades of a pair ofscissors or shears, are pivoted at f, and controlled or pressed towardeach other by platesprings g. This arrangement enables of directlyengaging the hair and adjusting the shanks according to the thickness ofsaid hair, which is not the case with a rigid selector and similardevices provided with special means for catching the hair beforesupplying it to the selector.

Having now fully described my invention, I declare that what I claim isApparatus for drawing hairs, wire and the like out of bundles comprisinga selector provided with a V-shaped notch, consisting of two pivotedspring-controlled shanks arranged crosswise in the manner of a pair ofscissors adapted to directly pinch and retain a single hair at theirapex, on the removal of the bundle from said selector.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLF DINKLAGE.

Witnesses MORRIS LIPMAN, ERUSE O. MEYER.

